Search Results: TRUE CRIME & LEGAL TEXTS from Fortuna Books

London: Hammond, 1965 price clipped DW rubbed to edges and joints, small chip from tail area of spine, tape stain to vertical edges of fold in flaps and end papers where was once taped down, fep has remains of a pasted slip ( concealable under a medium sized book plate), tape residue to top and bottom edges of boards, 241pp + plates + 1pp advert, history of one of America's earliest detectives, Secret Service agent and founder of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, closed edges dust soiled. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Harrap, 1956 unclipped dust jacket some wear, short edge tear, chip from rear panel, minimal spotting to closed edges, 238pp + plates, biography of the creator of Anthropometric Classification, cataloging of identities by physical appearance, and noted criminal detective. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Los Angeles: Medco Books, 1967 (500 gram rate) British issue of this study of adolescent sexuality in the US during the 1960s. 'Adolescents with money and passions to burn'. cover has some label lift to top corner, label to bottom corner and light wear, a faint book exchange stamp to first page. 148pp + adverts at rear. Tales of sexual delinquency, drug-taking, and criminal beahviour 'for kicks'. . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1967 first edition, Novel firmly based on the Moors Murders case, focusing on Brady and Hindley. Almost a piece of journalism on the murder. unclipped DW under plastic sleeve with minor spots of tape rust to flaps, small name to fep, minor foxing to closed fore edge, 370pp also slipped in a folded newspaper article clipped from a newspaper at the time of Myra's death, with the famous mugshot of the tainted beauty. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Sydney: Butterworth, 1929 lightly rubbed or soiled cloth boards with some surface insect damage showing as white flecking to the cloth, bookplate to paste down ( I. M. DAVIS) with angling theme, ink name dated 1930 to fep, browned feps, prelims + 250pp + plates and frontis, rubricated title, Australian issue of the Hodges printed Notable British Trials Series issue, the rebellion and trial of Lord Monmouth. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Naldrett Press, 1955 unclipped dust jacket has some minor chipping loss to corners and spine ends, a closed tear to the rear panel, mild handling soiling, faint offset rubber stamp mark to front fold in flap, now under mylar, book is missing fep otherwise clean copy, very scarce title, 231pp + plates. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Cassell, 1955 second impression same month as first. DW complete and unclipped with mino edge rubbing and a few small splits and cips from the extreme edges. lower panel is soiled to the white surface. A career that commenced with the British African police, thru' the Colonial service, various County Police forces to Director general of M.I. 5.. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Cassell, 1955 second impression same month as first. DW complete and unclipped with mino edge rubbing and a few small splits and cips from the extreme edges. lower panel is soiled to the white surface. A career that commenced with the British African police, thru' the Colonial service, various County Police forces to Director general of M.I. 5.. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Bradbury, Agnew &co, 1887 blue cloth decorated in gilt and black, same to spine, slight rol to spine, light handling wear, name in blue pencil to half title, xxviii+ 324pp, col. frontis, 9 other satirical col. plates by Harry Furniss. A study of British Law from a humorous perspecttive. New and Revised. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harry Furniss. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: W H Allen, 1987 unclipped DW, xi 305pp +plates, reprint of revised edition. revised. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: MacMillan, 1984 near fine but has some minor age related spotting or browning, unclipped dust jacket, McClure spent time with the San Diego police, and has written about the job they do, 341pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1950 THIRD IMPRESSION of first edition, unclipped dust jacket has some minor chipping loss to the edges and corners, soiled also, book clean, 396pp, he defended 100 men accused of murder and saved all but one from the death penalty. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Rich & Cowan, 1934 pale faded lime cloth, lightly browned spine, lightly soiled cloth, ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE to fep, a cockle above the helm crest, shield has 4 rows of cockles and a star with a circle in the centre in the top left of the shield, main shield is flanked by two others, on the left a quartered shield with flower star and heart designs, on the right top quarters are fleur de lys and lion rampant, bottom half looks like three stemmed plants, ( excuse my laymans heraldry), bookplate for G E Fitzhardinge Kingscote, Captain New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Officer of the 5th Party of the Dunsterforce, Baghdad, Iraq 1918, book 291pp, bottom edge untrimmed, top edge dusted black, contents includes; Samual James Furnace; Leopold Louis Harris and the fire conspiracy; the City of Liverpool airliner mystery; lieutenant Baillie-Stewart 'the officer in the Tower'; The Moscow Trial of supposed Metropolitan-Vickers company saboteurs; West End Mystery and the murder of Nora Upchurch;… Read More

New York: Little Brown, 2009 near fine book in near fine unclipped DW, the rear paste down has an anti-theft ticket pasted in, 376pp + plates, first impression. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Boardman, 1965 price clipped dust jacket with some mild aging, book unmarked but has some mild foxing, 144pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1992 87pp, playscript, produced at Christchurch's Court Theatre in 1991, based on the true story of a supposed lesbian motivated murder in Christchurch in 1954 which was the basis of Peter Jackson's film Heavenly Creatures (500 grams) . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1992 (500 grams) 87pp, playscript, produced at Christchurch's Court Theatre in 1991, based on the true story of a supposed lesbian motivated murder in Christchurch in 1954 which was the basis of Peter Jackson's film Heavenly Creatures. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Arrow, 2001 An Australian psychics three week 'psychic tour' of England uncovers new information about Jack the Ripper, the Royal Family and the Titanic disaster, remainder striped closed bottom edge (500 gram rate) paperback 242pp . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Smith Gryphon, 1993 titled and illustrated paper over papered boards, we believe this was issued without a DW, near fine, no faults or marks, xvii 299pp + plates, included are photographic facsimiles of the pages from the diary, allegedly the author of the diary, James Maybrick, was the Ripper, he was poisoned by his wife in 1889, Florence Maybrick was found guilty and ordered to be hanged, but this was commuted and she died in America in 1941. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Newnes (200 gram rate) Key Book 009, 128pp undated, includes The Strangest Clue on Record by Pemberton; From Slave to Earl by Thornton Hall; The Return of Martin Guerre by R.D.S. McMillan; The Fenayrou Tragedy by Greenhough Smith and The Great Turf Fraud by Ross Arnold. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.